Get caught up on the latest technology and startup news from the past week. Here are the most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Sept. 6, 2026.
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Pallet shuts down after nine years of taking on homelessness with its durable micro-shelters
Nine years after setting out to tackle unsheltered homelessness with rapidly deployable, hard-panel micro-shelters, Everett, Wash.-based social purpose corporation Pallet is closing its business. Read More … Read More
Seattle VR studio Polyarc, creator of ‘Moss’ series, closes down after almost 12 years
The Seattle-based video game developer behind the award-winning virtual reality adventure Moss has closed its doors. Read More … Read More
With a headcount topping 800, Helion opens Seattle office in pursuit of fusion energy
Helion Energy has opened a downtown Seattle office as its headcount hits 800 employees, adding to its five-building Everett headquarters and its Malaga, Wash., site, where the fusion startup is building its Orion generator facility. The company, which has raised more than $1.5 billion, is racing to get Orion operational within two years to meet a contract to supply fusion energy to a Microsoft data center. Read More … Read More
General Motors to open downtown Seattle office to bring together remote technical talent
The 43,000-square-foot space at West8 in the Denny Triangle neighborhood will bring together employees across digital products, AV, IT, HR, marketing, and other teams. Read More … Read More
Opinion: It’s time for Seattle to believe in Seattle
Jacob Colker argues that Seattle has a branding problem, not a lack of talent, ambition or accomplishments. He lays out a five-step plan for the region’s tech community to start telling its own story. Read More … Read More
Amazon’s new board member is a cybersecurity founder who sold his last company to Google for $5.4B
Amazon has named Kevin Mandia, the founder of breach-investigation firm Mandiant, to its board of directors, adding security expertise a few months after former NSA director Keith Alexander stepped down. Mandia now runs Armadin, a startup that uses AI to run attacks against corporate networks as a way of testing their defenses. Read More … Read More
Tech Moves: T-Mobile appoints CFO; Microsoft and Blue Origin VPs depart; AZX and Caddi name leaders
T-Mobile named Jessica Uhl as CFO-designate, succeeding Peter Osvaldik as CFO come February. Microsoft and Blue Origin saw the departure of vice presidents, while startups AZX and Caddi added leaders, among other tech personnel changes. Read More … Read More
Seattle economic study finds strong tech assets, a risky concentration, and a tax that ‘penalizes’ hiring
An independent study commissioned by the City of Seattle says the city should protect the big tech employers it has while building a more diverse economy on top of them. The 127-page report also says Seattle’s tax structure is unique among its peers in penalizing the hiring of senior, high-compensation workers. Read More … Read More
Stoke Space raises $1B to expand its footprint and upsize its fully reusable Nova rocket
Seattle-area startup targets early 2027 for first Pathfinder launch, with bigger Nova Block 2 due for 2029 debut. Read More … Read More
Microsoft comms chief Frank Shaw to exit after nearly three decades shaping the company’s message
It’s the end of an era at Microsoft: Frank X. Shaw, the executive who oversaw the tech giant’s communications for nearly three decades, first at an external agency and for the last 17 years as one of its senior leaders, is leaving at the end of the year. Read More … Read More
